广
guǎng · HSK 5
wide
🏞️ 广 = 广 radical (shelter/canopy); root sense: a wide-roofed building
广 originally depicted a hillside or open-sided shelter with a broad roof. The wide canopy gave it the extended meanings 'wide, vast, spread'. It also acts as the 'shelter' radical in characters like 床 (bed) and 店 (shop).
广 — shelter/roof radical 广 (yǎn)
广 originally depicted a building leaning against a cliff or hillside — a roof or shelter open on one side. It serves as the 'shelter' radical (yǎn) in many characters related to buildings (店, 庭, 库). In simplified Chinese, 广 was also adopted as the simplified form of 廣 ('wide, broad').